Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education

In its May 24,1999, opinion in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, the Court held that a school can be liable for monetary damages in cases of student-on-student harassment if all of the following conditions are met:

• the harassment is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it can be said to deprive the victims of access to the educational opportunities or benefits provided by the school;
• the harasser is under the school's disciplinary authority;
• a school official with authority to address the discrimination has actual knowledge of the sexual harassment; and
• the school board is deliberately indifferent to the sexual harassment